Alignments by Kerdruellan
The alignments by Kerdruellan (also called Kerdruelland1 or Ensemble mégalithique de Kerdruellan ) discovered in 2005 are a diffuse arrangement of menhirs about west of Belz in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . The stones known as alignments are relics of several rows of stones .
Around 60 well-preserved menhirs from the Neolithic Age (2nd millennium BC) made of gneiss lie at their original location. They were probably intentionally overturned in the Young Neolithic .
An excavation on an area of 3000 m², the first area excavation in France for megaliths, expanded knowledge of the facility. The square shows a large number of granite blocks, a network of trenches, pits, wall foundations and small stones. The analysis made it possible to determine a second use of the space in an agricultural environment in the Middle Ages . Some menhirs were then partially worked.
The menhirs were classified as Monument historique in 2008 for the reason on which they rest .
Nearby is the Kerlutu dolmen .
Web links
- Ensemble mégalithique de Kerdruellan in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- Institut national des recherches archéologiques préventives: Les menhirs de Belz: Découverte et fouille extensive d'un ensemble mégalithique en Morbihan, une première en France (French)
- Institut national des recherches archéologiques préventives: Les alignements mégalithiques de Belz-Kerdruellan (Morbihan) (video; French)
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 21.5 " N , 3 ° 11 ′ 28.1" W.